Cuadernos de Coyuntura

Study and design of organizations

2025-01-20T14:44:21+00:00

In this research, various literatures or scientific publications are reviewed and analyzed based on qualitative data from CEPAL, Scielo, Redalyc, among other authors, which provide theoretical (epistemological) explanations that lead to the understanding of the transformations and complexities regarding the actions of bureaucratic administration towards a new strategic management style, in light of the adoption of a new management model. The pressures in a socio-political environment, from a holistic perspective, pose challenges in a dynamic context of organizational reengineering, which makes it essential to rethink the public sector from a productive and effective perspective, understanding that its scope of application is systematic (Constitutional/legal).

In this sense, the research carried out on organizational models and designs allows for the focusing of actions that facilitate the redefinition and design of an organizational management model, whose elements facilitate its flexibility, adaptability and sustainability in a dynamic way. Private organizations are focused on obtaining benefits, while public organizations focus their objective on social achievements, the value of which is protected by the State. The aim is to establish a reflective and critical approximation of a rational-bureaucratic (mechanistic) organizational approach towards a viable systemic (participatory-democratic) approach linked to a governance that interrelates shared efforts towards the achievement of social well-being and sustainable human development in a globalized world.

The Orange Economy and the Value of Art in Contemporary Society

2025-01-20T16:25:21+00:00

This article aims to document the value of art in the orange economy and society, adopting a holistic and interdisciplinary approach. Through an in-depth analysis, we will explore the epistemological currents of economics from the classical to the contemporary that have shaped the understanding of this link, which emerges as a discipline that seeks to understand the challenges of the orange economy, opportunities, and sustainability in the creative world scenario. It delves into the analysis of the production, distribution and consumption of cultural goods and services, unraveling the value they have in the social and economic framework. The dialogue and perspectives of the various authors have contributed to the construction of knowledge about the relationship between art, the orange economy and society.

Bill 163 Of 2024 Reforming The CSS

2025-01-20T16:29:55+00:00

Panamanian society is currently in the midst of a historic crisis, in which complex problems must be addressed. Without a doubt, the national debate on the relevant issues is and will continue to be heated. At the heart of the discussion is the issue of the Retirement System and its future. On the other hand, at its core and essence, lies the State's great responsibility to guarantee public health and social security policies that meet the great present and future needs of the entire Panamanian population. The undermining of this constitutional duty, which is contained in Bill No. 163, cannot go unnoticed by national public policies. Even before this is the citizen's duty to verify the unconstitutionality of such types of measures.

Considerations Regarding the Reform of the Public Pension System in Panama in Bill 163 of 2024

2025-01-20T18:04:25+00:00

The paper analyzes the reform of the public pension system of Panama in Bill 163 of 2024. Financial information from the Social Security Fund (CSS) and statistical and demographic information from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) and the United Nations are used. A documentary analysis of the proposal is carried out, presenting a summary of its central aspects and, subsequently, criticisms are made of it from a legal and technical perspective (economic and financial).

The proposal attempts to implement a notional pension system, as an intermediate solution between the two Subsystems (defined benefit and personal savings accounts) into which the CSS pension system is divided. Fundamental drawbacks are observed in the structure of the system, mixing contributory and non-contributory pensions under the same fund, the private ownership of personal savings accounts is unknown and a calculation formula radically different from the current defined benefit and notional systems at the international level is applied. Overall, the proposal has multiple drawbacks, and the approval of its text would imply a significant negative impact on the purchasing power of pensioners in the short and medium term.

Social Security Problems in Panama

2025-01-20T18:08:06+00:00

From its conception, security has been considered a public good, because its reason is to solve the so-called market failures in access to health and old-age pensions. For this reason, the Social Security Fund must always be conceived as a public entity and its management must be far from any attempt at total or partial privatization. For this reason, in the current situation, there must be a total rejection of the current bill 163, given that from its explanatory memorandum it violates this universal principle.

Social security is going through a series of structural and short-term problems that require short- and long-term policies to guarantee the transition to a sustainable pension scheme based on intergenerational solidarity on the one hand, and to efficiently manage the provision of health services with universal coverage. on the basis of coordination between the Social Security Fund and the Ministry of Health, to end the social gap in health. It is essential to work on new legislation that makes clear the areas of action of both entities, towards universal health in addition to uniting the reserves of the mixed system and the system of defined exclusive benefit, and that it is the latter system that prevails, in which there is a defined replacement rate and where the intergenerational transition is the basis of the solidarity of the pension system.

Editorial

2025-01-21T14:22:10+00:00